January 6, 2023, is the second anniversary of the partisan mob’s assault on our nation’s capital. I watched it on TV, and today remember vividly the gallows raised to hang the vice president. The January 6 Committee has investigated the event in great depth. The New York Times editorial board recently noted, “Americans have also learned, thanks to these hearings, exactly how close this country came to even greater tragedies. Rioters came within 40 feet of Vice President Mike Pence.”

Our New Hampshire House of Representatives, meeting on January 6, 2021, learned of the assault and responded. The House Journal for that day records for posterity Resolution No. 10. “Whereas, we have learned with great dissatisfaction that there is political violence occurring in our nation’s capital; now therefore be it resolved, that the New Hampshire House of Representatives condemns all violence and action in Washington, D.C.” The House adopted the resolution unanimously. I applaud the House’s patriotic action that day and pray for a spirit of bipartisan agreement on legislation in the new session.

Kent Hackmann

Andover

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